As the new apple tv is unlikely to pick up media from my Western Digital MyBook NAS, or to allow plex to run to play all of my media (at least until it's hacked) I'm thinking i might just transfer all my avi movies and tv shows to m4v (optimised for the apple tv) so i can use itunes and front row instead of plex for my main media server. I've got nearly 1TB so i'll do it on my mac pro at work in batches to avoid killing my personal mbp!
My problem now is that I have itunes copy all of my media into an itunes folder but that's just because i only use it for music. Is there anyway i can keep that setting for music and allow itunes just to reference all my video media from my NAS? If not i might have to just re-locate my whole itunes media folder to my NAS but that means i cant listen to music or update iphone apps without being at home and connected to my network.
At the moment i just plug my mbp into my tv to watch movies and stuff but it involves removing the adaptor from my screen, moving the power adaptor, leaving a set of speakers next to my tv (as minidisplay port doesn't do audio) and messing around with leads at the back of the tv so i'd really want a great home theatre set up and a mac mini is too much.
Thanks
My problem now is that I have itunes copy all of my media into an itunes folder but that's just because i only use it for music. Is there anyway i can keep that setting for music and allow itunes just to reference all my video media from my NAS? If not i might have to just re-locate my whole itunes media folder to my NAS but that means i cant listen to music or update iphone apps without being at home and connected to my network.
At the moment i just plug my mbp into my tv to watch movies and stuff but it involves removing the adaptor from my screen, moving the power adaptor, leaving a set of speakers next to my tv (as minidisplay port doesn't do audio) and messing around with leads at the back of the tv so i'd really want a great home theatre set up and a mac mini is too much.
Thanks
